Vehicle-tongue



No. 749,837. PATENTED JAN. 19, 1904. M. R. BEEN-ER. VEHICLE TONGUE.

APFLIQATION FILED NOV. 7, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

@mvanfoz q/viXMmaco I UNITED STATES Patented January 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

VEHICLE-TONGUE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,837, dated January19, 1904.

Application filed November 7 1903. Serial No. 180,149. (No model.)

To (I/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN R. BRUNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buckland, in the county of Auglaize and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Tongues; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

The present invention has for its object to provide a vehicle-tongueeither rolled, pressed, or otherwise formed, preferably of sheet-steel;but other metals may be used as found desirable, the purpose thereofbeing to so construct the tongue that both strength and lightness aresecured and enabling it to be manufactured at a comparatively reducedcost over the tubular sheet-metal tongues heretofore in use.

The invention consists in a sheet metal vehicle-tongue constructedsubstantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described andclaimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of a vehicle-tongueembodying my invention; Fig. 2, a similar View looking from the underside of thetongue; Fig. 3, a sectional elevation of the front end of thetongue; Fig, 4, a cross-section through the rear end of the tongue,showing the inwardly-extending edges of the side wall thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the top wall of thevehicle-tongue, and

B O the side walls thereof, the edges of theside walls being turnedinwardly to prevent any sharp edges coming in contact with the horseslegs to remove the danger of cutting or scraping the legs of the horse.

In the manufacture of the tongue a blank of sheet-steel or other metalfound most desirable and of suitable thickness, width, and length ispressed or otherwise formed into channel shape, as shown in thedrawings, and the edges of the side walls turned under or inwardly at anangle thereto, as shown at a, for the purpose hereinbefore described.

It should be noticed that the vehicle-tongue increases in width from itsfront end in a direction toward its rear end, which is essential to givestrength to the tongue where most needed and also to give the requireddurability thereto. In addition to this feature of the invention thetongue is so constructed that it increases in depth from its front toits rear end, which is considered of material importance in adding tothe rigidity of the tongue and giving increased strength and firmness tothe side walls thereof, thereby providing a channel-shaped tongue thatwill possessstrength, durability, and lightness and a tongue that can bemanufactured at a comparatively small cost.

The smaller or front end of the tongue is provided with the usual loops6 c and are formed from a rectangular piece of sheet metal, as indicatedat D, and bent to form said loops. This strip or piece of metal is ofsufiicient length to form a reinforce for the end of the tongue at boththe inner and outer sides thereof, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings,said strip or piece of metal being secured to the tongue by the rivets(Z c and a short rivet f, the former rivets extending entirely throughthe tongue to form braces thereof, as well as a fastening means for thepiece or strip of metal.

The tongue as above described may be used in connection with vehicles orwith any object where atongue would be found useful, and may be of anysuitable size and shape to adapt it to the purpose for which it is to beuse Having now fully described my invention, what I claim'as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A channel-shaped vehicle-tongue constructed of sheet metal and havingstraight side walls the edges thereof extending inwardly at an angle toprevent the sharp edges of the metal coming in contact with the horseslegs, said edges being disconnected to leave a space between the samethroughout the length of the tongue, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN R. BRUNER.

Witnesses:

JAMES R. MoADAMs, ELLA N. MGADAMS.

